Accuracy of free-hand pedicle screws in the thoracic and lumbar spine: Analysis of 6816 consecutive screws

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-178

  Parker, Scott L ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^b   Farber, S Harrison ^a   Amin, Anubhav G ^a   Rick, Anne Marie ^a   Suk, Ian ^a   Bydon, Ali ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Lumbar; Pedicle screw; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DUROTOMY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KYPHOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR STENOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEDICLE SCREW; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 78650923994     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181fdfaf4     Document Type: Article

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